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SKS Info

oldgunneroldgunner Member Posts: 2,466 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited May 2002 in Ask the Experts
So who wants to tell me something about this/I have one,all stock...anyway have had for a while.What can I expect range wise outa this thing the way it is Etc.Can that be improved on ? Just don't know mush about it at all.
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  • oldgunneroldgunner Member Posts: 2,466 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i have a yugo sks mdl 59/66. it doesn't have the grenade launcher and the barrel is marked " Georgia VT" i've seen the same marking on a russian moisin nagant m91/30 bolt rifle. i'm begining to think i may have a russian sks. any help is greatly appreciated.
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  • oldgunneroldgunner Member Posts: 2,466 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Looking for Disassembly-Assembly info on this type -- maybe a website?. The one at hand is Chinese if that makes a difference. Any info or comments appreciated. Thanx
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  • oldgunneroldgunner Member Posts: 2,466 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i bought a yugoslav sks rifle and i showed to a shooting buddy and he said my model was a world war 2 era gun. my rifle shows "mdl 59/66 " on the barrel. is he making this up or is my gun a relic from world war 2?
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  • oldgunneroldgunner Member Posts: 2,466 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A couple of years ago, I won a Norinco sks at a FNRA banquet raffle. A friend recently told me the Norinco brands were notorious for ejecting the barrel liner out the end of the barrel after repeated use, and as likely as not, injuring the shooter with blow-back.
    Is this problem real, or imagined? Should I worry about shooting this extremely fun firearm?
    Thanks in advance,Mgderf
    NRA Life/Endowment member and dormant U.S. Marine Semper Fidelis!
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  • oldgunneroldgunner Member Posts: 2,466 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I know everything of course..wellll, except this:
    I just picked up an SKS recently and know squat about military weapons. I'd like to know what I have and an idea of value. For what it's worth, I paid $100.00 for it.

    It's the same as the one on auction #3922355 as far as I can tell. Complete with bayonnet, cleaning rod, cleaning kit in the stock, nothing missing, all parts match.
    It has the standard clip type mag, plus a thirty round one that came with it.
    Made by Norinco in China
    Caliber 7.62-39
    Ser no. 20002963 if it matters
    Stock is a bit scratched and nicked, I'll call it 80%
    Bluing looks good, but a bit of pitting around the sight hood and barrell end. Maybe 70% for that.
    It shoots like a dream, works perfectly.
    The gentleman on the auction is asking for a starting bid of $970.00, not getting any takers so far, so I doubt it's in that range, but worth more that a hundred I hope??
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  • leeblackmanleeblackman Member Posts: 5,303 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Heck I've seen them just like you described sell for in the $150-$200 range on a normal day, just for the rifle. $100 is a steal for that rifle. You will definately be able to get your money out of it if you ever decide you have to part with it. But if its a shooter I wouldn't. If I were you, I'd ditch the 30rd magazine. Trade it for some ammo or something.



    I just wish I had a dollar for every gun I wanted, then I'd be a rich man.
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  • austin247austin247 Member Posts: 375 ✭
    edited November -1
    I'm confused...I checked out that auction, and the opening bid on that SKS was $1.00 with no reserve, and is currently at $155.00. I agree with leeblackman.....$150-$200 is normal range for an SKS in that condition. I don't know who would be crazy enough to think they could sell the thing for nearly a thousand bucks. $100 for that rifle is a good deal.
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  • oldgunneroldgunner Member Posts: 2,466 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sorry 'bout dat. Wrong auction number. 3933198 is the one I meant to send, but I'm happy anyway, seems I did ok. Thanks!
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    I paid about the same for mine but that was 5, 6 years ago. Great deal!

    "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conf
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  • austin247austin247 Member Posts: 375 ✭
    edited November -1
    Ok, now it makes a little more sense. Auction #3933198 is the paratrooper SKS that takes detachable AK-47 mags instead of having the fixed 10-round box mag on the normal SKS, and it has shorter barrel. $970 for the opening bid still seems a bit steep. I remember one that auctioned for around $350 a month or two ago.
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  • NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think you will easily get $100.00 worth of fun just plinking with that gun. Ammo is cheap and you can buy it in bulk. As for the rifle most of them are real shooters. A good place to buy bulk ammo cheap is The Sportsman Guide at 1-800-888-3006


    Good Luck.

    Rugster
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  • oldgunneroldgunner Member Posts: 2,466 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Austin, dunno about barrel length, nothing to compare to, but it does have the detachable mag, so guess that's it. Anyway, I gots me moneys worth just banging in the back yard this afternoon.

    Rugster, thanks for the phone number, I gonna need it!
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  • austin247austin247 Member Posts: 375 ✭
    edited November -1
    I hope by "banging in the back yard" you mean shooting the SKS...otherwise, I hope you have a big privacy fence or live way out in the boonies. Wouldn't want the neighbors takin' pics and postin' em on the internet. lol
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  • oldgunneroldgunner Member Posts: 2,466 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Now Austin.... I been known ta do dat too, but many years ago. I couldn't do that kinda bangin now in a penthouse suite with a brace o' vestal virgins..Whut the heck is "vestal?" wonder where I got that..
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  • schutzenutsschutzenuts Member Posts: 70 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    "Vestal virgins" were those who ancient priests kept in the Chambers to be sacrificed to whatever God of the Day/Month/Season was in vogue. It is widely accepted by anthropologists that most of those sacrificed were chosen before they began to show that they were no longer "virgins" i.e.- Pregnant!
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